AGENDA MARCH 3-6

Foci: Literature Circles and PAWS Practice

Notes:

*NO SCHOOL THIS FRIDAY, MARCH 7!!!*

*Parent/Teacher Conferences from 3-7 p.m. on Tuesday and Wednesday this week.*

*NO HOMEWORK HELP THIS WEEK because of PT Conferences.*

*Wyoming Young Authors submission deadline is March 14. Students can submit poems, essays, and stories. See me for details and submission forms.*

*Third Quarter ends on March 21 -- Quarterly Recognition is scheduled for that afternoon.*

*PAWS Testing begins on March 24.*

Weekly Homework:

1) Literature Circle reading and role preparation

2) Research the disability your book addresses - find 3 facts about your topic

3) Add three new vocab. words from your lit. circle novel to your vocab. list. Record their definitions, three synonyms, one antonym, and use each word in a sentence.

MONDAY AND TUESDAY:

Book Fair talks with Ms. Swiggum

Check out Literature Circle books from Media Center

Meet your groups

Set reading schedule

Get roles and make predictions

WEDNESDAY:

WNB 18: PAWS Writing Practice Round 2

PAWS Writing Rubric

Read and prepare roles

THURSDAY:

Literature Circle Meeting #1

NO SCHOOL ON FRIDAY!!!

Weekend Homework:

Read and prepare roles for Literature Circles

AGENDA FEBRUARY 25-29

Foci: Belief Project Wrap-Up and What is a Literature Circle?

Notes: No School Friday, March 7 (next Friday)

***If students would like to bring small tokens of appreciation to present to Kati and Molly in thanks for their work, have them ready for Wednesday.***

NO WEEKLY HOMEWORK THIS WEEK


MONDAY:
Community Forum 8:45-10:15
Catch-up periods: 4,5,6

TUESDAY:
All Belief Project work must be in and on display boards by today: collage, poem, essay!!!
Web Quest - Vocabulary Games
Apostrophe Practice

WEDNESDAY:
Belief Project Celebration with Mrs. Hoelscher's classes and Molly and Kati!!!

THURSDAY:
Mrs. Swiggum (media center director) will be here introducing our Literature Circle novel selections. Students will vote according to interest, and be grouped according to preference. These groups will function as 3rd and 4th quarter base groups. The theme for our Literature Circles is disability/disease/handicap. We will be exploring the realities and practical implications of autism, leukemia, muteness, cerebral palsy, and blindness, as presented in these works. This project will span five weeks. The selections include:

1. Al Capone Does my Shirts by Jennifer Coldenko

2. My Sister's Keeper by Jodi Picoult

3. Speak by Laurie Halse Anderson

4. Stuck in Neutral by Terry Trueman

5. Touch the Top of the World by Erik Weihenmayer

FRIDAY:
Begin Literature Circles
Meet your group

WEEKEND HOMEWORK:
Begin your reading according to group schedule and prepare your discussion sheets according to roles.